Houthis swept down Yemen's Red Sea coast in 36 hours, taking Mocha and Perim Island while Saudi air support never showed up.

MBS called Trump twice asking him to strike the Houthis — Trump said no.

Yemeni battalions were hollow, filled with "ghost names" at 20% real strength.

The UAE had pulled out in January after Saudi Arabia told them to leave, and Riyadh never replaced them.

"It's a Saudi-American f**k-up of epic proportions", a regional source said to CNN.

"The air support never came. And Mocha has now fallen." — senior Yemeni military source

"They don't need advanced weapons to close Bab al-Mandeb. They can just use a cannon on a car." — STC official Amr Al-Bidh

Iran now has pressure on both Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb simultaneously.

An adviser to Iran's supreme leader called it a "clear victory."

Houthis are already mobilizing eastward.

Source: CNN

NEW: After the SDF dissolution in Syria, Iraq announces terror group PKK will surrender its weapons in Sinjar to the Iraqi state.

Iraq's PM Zeydi says the region's security and administration will come under full federal government control, with a commission to oversee integrating eligible fighters into official security forces.

For the first time ever, three Indian Air Force pilots are now serving as flying instructors at RAF Valley in Wales, training British pilots on the Hawk T2 jet trainer.

A historic reversal nearly a century after the British established India's Air Force.

Trump:

They asked me, "What do you think about the unification of Ireland and Northern Ireland?"

I gave a nice answer, I think.

That's one of those questions where, no matter what you say, there's no good answer.

Trump once again says the unification of Ireland "would be a very cool thing."

Trump:

Venezuela, we took that over. We won the war.

Houthi member Hizam al-Assad on Trump's statements:

As usual with his clownish lies, the criminal Trump comes with baseless claims.

But reality sums him up with the old proverb:

'The hand you cannot break — kiss it, and pray for it to break.'

Trump says Ireland and other countries are buying U.S. military equipment in "record numbers."

Trump on Europe:

I hate to see what's happening with Europe.

That immigration, what you are doing to yourselves, you're just killing yourselves.

Trump on NATO:

Why the hell are we helping them? You will be hearing that later.

Trump on the Irish people:

People of Ireland are some of the most vicious bastards I've ever done.

But when you want to be nice, there is nobody nicer.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, during his attendance at the BRICS leaders’ summit.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived on Kastellorizo (Meis) for a three-day visit, highlighting Greece’s presence on the island near the Turkish coast.

The trip comes amid renewed Greece–Türkiye tensions over maritime disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean.

BRICS leaders joined a symbolic tree-planting ceremony at the New Delhi summit.

Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian and other BRICS leaders took part.

Kremlin:

It is not yet decided whether Putin will attend the G20 summit in Miami.

If Zelensky truly wants to meet with Putin, he can come to Moscow.

Dr. Khaled Beydoun | Author & Geopolitical Analyst | Arizona State University:
 

Influential figures like Trump, Tucker Carlson & Candace Owens view the US & Western Europe as white Anglo-Saxon Christian nations.
 
During the Zohran Mamdani mayoral race, Muslim candidates were labeled Trojan Horses.
 
But the terror label is thin, weak & disingenuous - and thanks to social media.

FULL INTERVIEW

Putin:

Multipolarity faces resistance from those who are accustomed to thinking in colonial terms, dividing the world into a flourishing garden and wild jungles—and living at others’ expense.

They are not prepared to accept the changing reality and are trying by every means to contain their growing competitors.

Any means are being used, including tariff wars, illegitimate sanctions, attempts at economic diktat, blackmail, interference in internal affairs and simply brute force.

Putin:

The entire system of international relations is beginning to malfunction. The effectiveness of a number of multilateral structures and institutions is declining.

Russia attaches exceptional importance to preserving and strengthening the central role of the United Nations in world affairs.

The UN Charter is a key source of international law, despite attempts by some countries to replace it with some kind of order based on rules drawn up by who knows whom.

Putin:

The time has long come to improve global economic governance institutions—the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO.

They were all created under completely different political and economic realities and are struggling to adapt to a situation in which economic activity is increasingly shifting toward developing markets.

Dr. Khaled Beydoun | Author & Geopolitical Analyst | Arizona State University:
 

American & European leaders have exploited Crusades narrative to justify the War on Terror.

Bush's first Congressional speech after 9/11 appealed directly to evangelical rhetoric & the Crusades.

Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations provided intellectual framework - a civilizational paradigm underpinned by religion.

FULL INTERVIEW

Crowds gathered in Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators using imagery featuring Trump, Epstein and Netanyahu to voice their criticism.